Huawei Mate 9 With Improved Dual Camera And Kirin 960 SoC Goes Official

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Huawei’s Mate series has always been about crafting BIG phones, and the latest addition, Huawei Mate 9, has a lot to look forward to. That is if you like big phones.

 

 

huawei-mate-9Let’s talk about the hardware first.

Huawei is using its brand new Kirin 960 chipset, which replaces the Cortex A73 cores in Kirin 955 with new Cortex A73 cores, and also integrates the latest Mali GPU. Since the Kirin 950/ 955 fared remarkably well, it’s only just to be excited about its successor.

Also, Huawei is once again using a Leica co-branded camera, but an improved one. The 12MP color sensor now has Optical image stabilization (OIS) and the monochrome partner has a bigger 20MP resolution sensor. Both covered by F/2.2 Leica optics. On the front, there is an 8MP shooter with wide f/1.9 aperture.

The only compromise here is display resolution. Once again Huawei is sticking to Full HD (1080P) resolution for the extra-large 5.9-inch screen. Since it’s an IPS LCD panel, the display won’t look terrible, but with VR and other Jazz catching up, a QHD resolution might have made more sense at this point in time. Of course, the battery gains resulting from the choice should count as earnest consolation.

Oh and yes, Huawei also presented a lighter and slimmer Porsche Design Mate 9, which has a curved 2K Display and more memory but costs a fortune ( 1395 Euros or Approx 1,03,000 INR).

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Other hardware features include 4G VoLTE, dual band WiFi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS, fingerprint sensor, NFC and a 4000mAh battery with SuperCharge techonology that promises full day worth of battery charge with just 20 minutes of charging.

Now the software part.

Huawei’s EMUI hasn’t exactly been a strength and its Chinese-market-centric design hasn’t been well received globally. With the new Android 7.0 Nougat based EMUI 5, the company is trying to rectify this shortcoming with some subtle changes scattered across the UI.

The slim Aluminium unibody handset will be available in a wide range of Color options – Black, Space Gray, Moonlight Silver, Champagne Gold, Ceramic White and Mocha Brown.

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Huawei Mate 9 Price and Availability

Priced at 699 Euros (Approx 51,000 INR), the Mate 9 will be available in China, Malaysia, France, Poland, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Spain, Japan, Thailand, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. Chances of official India release are slim.

Huawei Mate 9 Specs and Features

Model Huawei Mate 9
Display 5.9-Inch, Full HD IPS LCD Display, 2.5D Glass
Processor Huawei Kirin 960, 4x A73 @ 2.4Ghz, 4x A53 @ 1.8Ghz

Mali-G71 MP8 GPU, i6 co-processor

RAM 4GB
Internal Storage 64GB, Expandable
Software Android 7.0 Nougat based EMUI 5
Primary Camera 12MP Color (with OIS) and 20MP Monochrome sensor, f/2.2 aperture Leica Optics
Secondary Camera 8MP, F/1.9
Battery 4000mAh, SuperCharge fast charging
Dimensions and Weight 156.9 x 78.9 x 7.9 mm and 190 grams
Others 4G VoLTE,Fingerprint sensor, USB Type C, Bluetooth 4.2, WiFi ac
Price  699 Euros or Approx Rs. 51,000

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Deepak SinghDeepak Singh
Deepak has more than 8 years of experience in covering technology for several eminent publications in India. He currently leads an enthusiastic team of young writers at Smartprix and tries to uphold the highest quality standards.

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